A bit ofa a bit of a dull day for some others but at least it is not windy. That could all change when it comes to the weekend. More details later. Also coming up getting himself into hot water. The mp who admits spending an hour in the bath every morning so he can clean his body and clear his mind. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. The performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk, with targets for cancer, a e and planned operations being widely missed, thats according to bbc research. Nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. 0nly scotland has hit one of the targets. The findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker, which will allow you to see how your local service is performing on these three key waiting time targets. Being seen within four hours at accident emergency, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis, and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in
About the Rohingya Crisis many times, it is still very much an ongoing emergency. Amnesty international has a new report out today, it says myanmars army has killed hundreds of men, women and children in a Systematic Campaign to expel Rohingya Muslims. The report calls for an arms embargo on myanmar, and for those behind the attacks to be brought to justice. Rohingya muslims have been flooding into bangladesh from the ground state, now more than 580,000 refugees have arrived in bangladesh. The government says it was responding to attacks by muslim insurgents but many others including the un say the response was mostly disproportionate. Here is the us secretary of state earlier today. We are extraordinarily concerned by what is happening with the ranger. With the rohingya, in burma. Aung san suu kyi, the leader of the civilian side of the government, this is power sharing government has emerged in burma. We really hold the militarily edition accountable. What is happening with the area.
Because it has been a long process, getting to this point. And, two decades after the emergence of his dark materials, Philip Pullman talks to us about a world in chaos. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news could chelsea make it three wins from three in the Champions League group stage . One of three british clubs in action tonight. Good evening. We start tonight with the worlds Fastest Growing humanitarian crisis, as thousands of Rohingya Refugees are spending a fourth night stranded near the border with bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands have left their homes in myanmar, where theyd faced a military offensive, following claims that militants were guilty of attacking police checkpoints. More than half a million Rohingya Muslims have now fled across the border into bangladesh. Over the past three days, some 15,000 refugees have been stranded with limited food and water. My colleague, clive myrie, is in the port of coxs bazar, and he sent this report. In the distance in myanmar, where
Why does everyone like winnie the pooh so much . After the war there was so much sadness. Then winnie the pooh came along and happiness came out. Goodbye christopher robin, rated pg. Now playing in select theaters. And now, bbc world news. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i jane obrien. Am President Trump denied the congresswomans claims that he made insensitive comments during a phone call to a widow of a soldier killed in action. Pres. Trump did not say what that congresswoman said, did not say it at all. She knows it and now is not saying it. I did not say what she said. Jane realizing the chinese dream, president xi jinping says it is time for china to take center stage as a great political and military power. 20 years after the hugely successful his dark materials book series, Philip Pullman talks to us about a world in chaos. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. President trump has found himself at the center of a
Theres a chinese saying coming events cast their shadow before them. That huge shadow, on display at the communist Party Congress in beijing, is the form of president xijinping, who wants to make china great through a unique kind of socialism, one with chinese characteristics, and with him very much at the helm. China will soon become the largest economy in the world, and also the biggest undemocratic country. Its something that the west cannot compute, and yet china affects all of our lives in some way or another. This is the largest trading nation, and yet it has a horror of free communication. It has a powerful internet firewall. Even messages that feature xi and his nickname, winnie the pooh, will be blocked. Is it possible that there will not at some point be a clash between the us and china . We asked Isabel Hilton, founder and editor of chinadialogue, for her view on xi jinpings china dream. You can tell a lot about a country through its dreams. Consider the american dream, the